Marcos Diniz Daniel (born July 4, 1978, in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his brother, Márcio.

Tennis career Marcos Daniel's brother owns an academy for developing young tennis players, called Daniel Tennis Center where Marcos Daniel used to work as a ball catcher. He started playing youth tournaments at age 5. When he was 12, representing this academy, he reached his first final but he did not succeed in winning the title.CBT news

In August 2009, he reached the semi-finals of the ATP Gstaad tournament. He also reached the semi-finals there in 2006.

He qualified for the 2009 French Open and lost in the first round to Rafael Nadal after giving a strong performance, 5–7, 4–6, 3–6.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 36 (22–14) LegendATP Challenger (14–8)ITF Futures (8–6)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (19–12)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Peru F1, LimaFuturesClay Luis Horna6–7, 4–6Loss0–2Brazil F7, Porto AlegreFuturesClay Thomas Schiessling0–6, 6–7Loss0–3Uruguay F2, José IgnacioFuturesClay Ricardo Mello7–6, 5–7, 3–6Win1–3Brazil F1, Vitória, Espírito SantoFuturesClay Stefano Tarallo6–3, 6–4Loss1–4USA F3, Boca RatonFuturesHard Irakli Labadze4–6, 4–6Win2–4Mexico F1, ChetumalFuturesHard Nicolás Todero6–3, 6–0Win3–4Brazil F4, FlorianópolisFuturesClay Júlio Silva6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–5Loss3–5Lima, PeruChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Chela2–6, 0–1 ret.Win4–5Mexico F2, AguascalientesFuturesClay Andres Pedroso6–3, 6–4Win5–5Brazil F5, FortalezaFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles6–3, 6–3Win6–5Gramado, BrazilChallengerHard José de Armas7–5, 7–5Loss6–6Slovenia F1, KranjFuturesClay Carlos Berlocq6–7(5–7), 1–6Win7–6Brazil F4, FlorianópolisFuturesClay Júlio Silva7–5, 2–6, 3–2 ret.Win8–6Brazil F5, CuritibaFuturesClay Lucas Engel6–4, 6–4Win9–6Brazil F6, Porto AlegreFuturesClay Thiago Alves6–4, 6–2Loss9–7Brazil F2, GuarulhosFuturesClay Franco Ferreiro1–6, 3–6Win10–7Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Jean-Julien Rojer6–4, 6–4Loss10–8Seville, SpainChallengerClay Marco Mirnegg3–6, 0–3 ret.Loss10–9Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Thiago Alves6–1, 6–7(1–7), 2–6Win11–9Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Daniel Köllerer6–2, 6–3Win12–9Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Flávio Saretta6–2, 1–6, 6–0Loss12–10Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Juan Pablo Brzezicki4–6, 4–6Win13–10Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Santiago Giraldo7–6(7–3), 6–4Loss13–11Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Sergio Roitman1–6, 4–6Loss13–12Lima, PeruChallengerClay Pablo Cuevas6–0, 4–6, 3–6Win14–12Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Iván Navarro6–3, 1–6, 6–3Loss14–13Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)Win15–13Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Leonardo Mayer6–2, ret.Win16–13Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Horacio Zeballos6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win17–13Marrakech, MoroccoChallengerClay Lamine Ouahab4–6, 7–5, 6–2Win18–13Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Olivier Rochus6–3, 6–4Win19–13Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Horacio Zeballos4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4Win20–13Blumenau, BrazilChallengerClay Bastian Knittel7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–4Loss20–14Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Mikhail Kukushkin2–6, 0–3 ret.Win21–14São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Thomaz Bellucci6–1, 3–6, 6–3Win22–14Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Juan Sebastián Cabal6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 23 (11–12) LegendATP Challenger (7–8)ITF Futures (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (7–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Peru F1, LimaFuturesClay Rodrigo Monte Luis Horna Rudy Rake5–7, 7–6, 7–5Loss1–1Bolivia F2, CochabambaFuturesClay Rodrigo Monte Jean-Kome Loglo Lazaro Navarro-Batles7–5, 4–6, 5–7Win2–1Brazil F3, RecifeFuturesHard Alexandre Simoni Rainer Gunther Paul Hartveg6–1, 6–2Loss2–2Brazil F6, CuritibaFuturesClay Alexandre Simoni Daniel Melo Antonio Prieto1–6, 4–6Win3–2Argentina F5, LanúsFuturesClay Ricardo Schlachter Enzo Artoni Andrés Schneiter7–6, 6–7, 6–3Loss3–3USA F3, Boca RatonFuturesHard Manuel Jorquera Gareth Williams Jeff Williams6–7(5–7), 2–6Loss3–4Brazil F3, São PauloFuturesClay Ricardo Mello Adriano Ferreira Diego Veronelli3–6, 4–6Loss3–5São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Ricardo Mello Adriano Ferreira Edgardo MassawalkoverLoss3–6Eisenach, GermanyChallengerClay Adrián García Edwin Kempes Martin Verkerk3–6, 4–6Win4–6Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Alexandre Simoni Kentaro Masuda Takahiro Terachi6–4, 6–2Win5–6Gramado, BrazilChallengerHard Alexandre Simoni Santiago González Alejandro Hernández7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss5–7Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Iván Miranda Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana2–6, 5–7Win6–7Manta, EcuadorChallengerHard Santiago González Eric Nunez Jimy Szymanski3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)Win7–7Brazil F4, FlorianópolisFuturesClay Alexandre Simoni Brian Dabul Alejandro Fabbri6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss7–8São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Tomas Behrend Bruno Soares André Sá2–6, 2–6Loss7–9La Serena, ChileChallengerClay Tomas Behrend Enzo Artoni Ramón Delgado6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss7–10Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Flávio Saretta Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Šnobel7–5, 4–6, 3–6Win8–10Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Santiago González Goran Dragicevic Mirko Pehar7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss8–11Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Santiago González Brian Dabul Marcelo Melo4–6, 4–6Win9–11Seville, SpainChallengerClay Fernando Vicente Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti6–2, 6–7(1–7), 7–5Win10–11Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Santiago González Fred Gil Marcelo Melo6–2, 7–5Win11–11Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Brian Dabul Hugo Armando Ricardo Mello4–6, 7–5, [10–7]Loss11–12Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Ricardo Mello Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos4–6, 5–7

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ21RQ2A1RAA1R1R1R0 / 50–5French OpenQ1Q1A1R1R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 51–5WimbledonAQ2Q2Q11RA1RA1RA0 / 30–3US OpenQ3Q1AQ21RA1R1RAA0 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–10–00–10–40–11–30–30–20–10 / 161–16Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANot Held1RNot Held0 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1MiamiAAAA3RAAA1RA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–20–00 / 20–2

References

External links

Daniel Recent Match Results Daniel World Ranking History Daniel Tennis Center site